stuff

Definitions of stuff in various dictionaries:

noun - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

noun - miscellaneous unspecified objects

noun - informal terms for personal possessions

noun - senseless talk

noun - unspecified qualities required to do or be something

noun - information in some unspecified form

noun - a critically important or characteristic component

verb - cram into a cavity

verb - press or force

verb - obstruct

verb - overeat or eat immodestly

verb - treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting

verb - fill tightly with a material

verb - fill with a stuffing while cooking

The material out of which something is made or formed; substance.

The essential substance or elements; essence: “We are such stuff/As dreams are made on” (Shakespeare).

Informal.

Unspecified material: Put that stuff over there.

Household or personal articles considered as a group.

Worthless objects.

Specific talk or actions: Don’t give me that stuff about being tired.

Sports.

The control a player has over a ball, especially to give it spin, english, curve, or speed.

The spin, english, curve, or speed imparted to a ball: “where we could watch the stuff, mainly curves, that the pitchers were putting on the ball” (James Henry Gray).

Special capability: The team really showed its stuff and won the championship.

Woven material, especially woolens.

Money; cash.

A habit-forming drug, especially heroin.

To pack tightly; cram: stuff a Christmas stocking.

To block (a passage); plug: stuff a crack with caulking.

To fill with an appropriate stuffing: stuff a pillow.

To fill (an animal skin) to restore its natural form for mounting or display.

To cram with food.

To fill (the mind): His head is stuffed with silly notions.

To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).

To overeat; gorge.

verb - to fill or pack tightly